... The Govem- raent'and the Pope. wne W' publish this moring sew letter from our SpBO Bmeg spoudeat on the szxbjeO- d Vinchester election. The majoritytobepIA down is 336, and Mr. VAnnasr, ig-s about the task with an energetic which always affords the best geus~ o4 success. His opponent, Mr. Mot, is i * brewer, who has already represent4d t441 and -who retired two years ago in f a of t late ...

... 9 () 61 THE ATTEMPT ON Al. JULES FERRY'S LIFE ON Saturday afternoon one of M. Edouard Herve's cards was sent in to M. Jules Ferry in the Chamber of Deputies w\ith a line written across it, A Lorrainer desires a brief conversation with you, and begs that you will come and speak to him. Disregarding the warning of the usher, who did not like the look of the mian wcho brought the card, M. Ferry ...

... M1U, JR .VAJTN (r.oM o R conaEsroaNDEXT.) PARhIS, Fp.r.nAY. r, Biaiue Pn'ld iMr. MAorteu. Vh'J h;.ve bseeinz each otber 1i g~od &e.Zl since tbe ~j~rlva ot she lltter iu Earope, arc ?? on to nes on Satturcey. Mtr. ?? e Las been jergoina Io~r~r ^tof niassage trwstiulit. He to udert.;ik, so Americans tell me, a jor cusupasgn :gaiust Mr. Cleveland. I a; short time ago n conversation With him. 1aR ...

... MLITARY SERVICE IN GERMANY. (TEMOUG31 RZUTrIWS AGEN(Y.) 5 ' ?? PrO. 16.: In to-day's sitting of the' aicbstag, the ar- rangement prolonging the commercia treaty between Germny and Austria-H1ungary was read athfird time, apd passed almrA without debate. Thea Iouse subsequently proceeded to the first reading of the Dill for the reorganisa- tion of the present systom of military service. General ...

... THE ' CONVERTED CLOWN. On Monday, at the Edmonton County Court, before Judge Abdy, Christopher King, known as the con- verted clown, at present pastor at the People's Taber- necle, Fore-street, Edmonton, and residing at Rosebank, Fairfield-road, Edmonton, was sued by Joseph Richard- son, of 25, Newbyn-road, Totteaharn, watchman, for 8s i9s, beiug the balance of a loan of 10. Mr Avery vas ...

... ?? ..II (~tiiSTONE is about to pay a winter-visit to Italy, and will iI iii idei for Venice the day after Christmas Day. psi il * r k ITF Mq.for the first time since his acceptance of the 1 l et rship, Mr. Balfour on Wednesday addressed his EIast I i- l * tconstituents in the Free Trade Hall, the approaches to IL, ,sronglY guardedthelocalauthoritieshaving been warned chii ll ?? mihht be made ...

... KINGofDIAMONDS& HEART ofHEARTS. We should always speak the truth except when it is inadvis- ?? from Reae tof Hearte. TO THE EDITOR OF THE .JARA. Sir,-Permit me orice more, and I sincerely hope forthe lastitime, totroubleyciawith a letter in reply to MIrflenry Arthur Jones ; but that gentleman seems to think that it would require nothing short of a miracle to make me understand that he is ...

... HOLLOWAY COLLEGE PIUNCESS CHRISTIAN AN'D EARL GlNVIIl ON THE EDUCATION OFP WOMEN. Yesterda y, Princess Christian, accompanied by her daughters, the Priucesses Victoria and Louise, unveiled a marble statue of. ?? in the upper quadrangle at the Royal Holulowy College for WVorneu. Eghai1, execnted.in whito Tyrolese marble by PrinceVictor of Hohenhbbe. The statue represents lher 3d jesty iu her ...

... TH-E GERMAN CROWN PRINCE'S THROAT. i RESULT OF THE LATEST MEDICAL EXAMINATION. The first examination of the Crown Prince by Sir M. Mackenzie and his colleagues and the first consultation took place on Thursday night. They were fowed by several successive examinations and a subsequent consultation yesterday between Sir M. Mackenzie, Mr. Mark Hovell, Drs. Krause and Schrlider. The San Remo ...

... MIR. LEO, CONQIJEST INTERVIEWED. You're all in the midst of pantomime paraphernalia, I see, rem-rked ln ilnterviewer to Air George Conquest ?? Yes, answered the veteran manager; I always make my own masks and dresses; you see they are dis rmy own invention, and nobody else could nisak them to suit me, look at this. As he spoke 'ne held oip for inspection a large mask, with three fins on ...

... NEW AND ORIGINAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-I read with surprise Air Scudamore's letter under the above hackneyed phrase. Mr Seudamore therein, states that I have adapted-in other words, stolen-the plot of his latest and perfectly original play. To this unwarrantable accusation I give a distinct, empbatic, and unqualified denial. I solemnly aver I never saw his perfectly original play, ...

... 4 unagabh anb the 4fcktallio UR SKETCII-S were taken during a recent turnof Lord Reay, Lieutenant-Goverlnor 0 of Bombay, who had been visiting th 'rhkore Sahib of Bawnagar, in order to th c5 bin with the Order of the Grand Cross ite htar of India. His Excellency, ier pciforming the ceremony, made a r though the province of Kathiawar, our illustrations depict some incidents ,lt most picturesque ...